Huawei Ascend P7 Manual

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File Manager 
File Manager
Creating a folder
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch  > New folder. 
4. Name the folder and touch Save. 
Searching for a file
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch  > Search. 
4. Enter part or all of the file name. Search results are displayed as you type. 
Copying, cutting, and pasting a file
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch or .
4. Touch the file you want to copy or cut, and touch COPY or CUT. 
5. Select where you want to paste the file, and touch PASTE.  
						

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Compressing or decompressing a file
You can compress files into .zip files to save space or decompress .zip and .rar  
files. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch  > Compress. 
4. Select the file or folder you want to compress, and touch COMPRESS. 
5. Choose the save path of the co mpressed file, name it, and touch OK. 
To decompress a file, touch and hold it, and choose Extract from the  
displayed option menu.
Renaming a file
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch and hold the file you want to rename, and touch Rename. 
4. Rename the file and touch OK.
Deleting a file
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card
3. Touch . 
4. Select the file you want to delete, and touch DELETE.
5. Touch OK.  
						

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File Manager 
Creating a shortcut for a file or folder
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch and hold the file or folder you want to create a shortcut for, and  
choose Desktop shortcuts from the displayed option menu. 
Checking the storage status
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch  > Storage. 
3. On the Storage screen, view the total and available space in your phones 
internal storage or microSD card. 
						

							Managing applications 
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Managing applications
Downloading applications
A rich selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You  
can: 
• Download applications fr om Googles Play Store. 
• Download applications from web pages using the browser on your phone. 
• Download applications using a computer, and copy the applications to the  
phone. 
• Connect the phone to a computer,  and download applications using  
HiSuite or other third-party applications. 
Installing an application
 
Play Store should be your primary download source. Applications  
downloaded from some other sources  may be malicious or incompatible  
with your phone. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Categories, touch Apps. 
3. In the application list, touch the applic ation you want to install, and follow  
the onscreen instructions to install it.
 
During the installation, follow the  onscreen instructions to set the  
application permissions to pr otect your phone and privacy. 
						

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Managing applications 
Viewing applications
You can view the sizes and access permissions of applications installed on  
your phone. You can also view the runni ng applications to check the system  
running status. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Manage apps. 
3. Select an application type: downloaded, running, or all. 
4. Touch an application to view its details, and flick up or down for more 
information. 
Sharing an application
1. On the home screen, touch and hold  the application you want to share  
until is displayed at the top of the screen. 
2. Drag the application to . 
3. On the displayed dialog  box, select a sharing method and follow the  
onscreen instructions to share the application.
 
System applications cant be shared. 
Uninstalling an application
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Manage apps. 
3. Flick to ALL, and select the applicatio n you want to uninstall. 
4. Touch Uninstall > OK. 
 
Some pre-installed applications cant be uninstalled. 
						

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Clearing the application cache
You can clear the application cache to free up the phone storage. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Manage apps. 
3. Flick to ALL, and touch Clear cache.  
						

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Phone Manager 
Phone Manager
Optimizing the system
Phone scanning
Phone scanning lets you run a full check of your phones operation status and  
quickly optimize the system.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Scan or Touch to scan.
After the scan is complete, follow the  onscreen instructions to clear trash  
files, optimize the system, and remove  potential threats to your phone.
Phone accelerator
If you are experiencing slowdown issues with your phone, you may have too  
many applications using up  too much memory. Optimize your system by using  
phone accelerator. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Phone accelerator. 
3. Select the unwanted applications, and touch CLOSE. 
Storage cleaner
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Storage cleaner. 
3. Touch Smart scan, and clean your phone storage based on the scan results. 
 
On the Storage cleaner screen, touch  to have your phone clean the 
cache every day, clean the thumbnails every month, and remind you 
when your storage space is running low. 
						

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Startup manager
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Flick left and touch Startup manager. 
3. Select applications to have them run automatically at system startup.
Power manager
Setting the power saving mode
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Power saving. 
3. On the Power saving screen, you can: 
•Touch Normal to enable normal mode. 
•Touch Smart to enable smart mode and have your phone conserve power  
while still allowing full use of all phone functions. 
•Touch Ultra to enable ultra power saving mode. Only Dialer, Messaging,  
and Contacts can be used in this mode.
Optimizing the power plan
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Power saving. 
3. Touch Power monitoring and manually optimize the power plan based on  
the scan results. 
Harassment filter
Harassment filter
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Harassment filter.  
						

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Phone Manager 
3. On the Harassment filter screen, you can: 
•Touch Calls or Messages to view blocked calls or messages. 
•Touch Blacklist > ADD CONTACTS to add a number to the blacklist. 
 
On the Harassment filter screen, touch  to turn on or turn off  
Harassment filter and In terception reminders.
Notification manager
Some applications may push all kinds of notifications to your phone.  
Notification manager lets  you set restriction rules on notifications to avoid  
receiving unnecessary information. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Flick left and touch Notification manager. 
3. On the Notification manager screen, you can: 
•Touch Rules to view applications that may send notifications to the  
notification panel and set push rights for your applications. 
•Touch Log to view blocke d notifications. 
						

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Backup, restoration, and  
update
Backing up data to the local storage
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Select or clear the Encrypt your backup check box. Once the backup file is  
encrypted, you need to enter the password to access it. 
3. Touch New backup. 
4. Select the data you want to back up, and follow the onscreen instructions 
to ba ck  i t u p. 
By default, backup fi les are saved to the HuaweiBackup folder in File  
Manager. 
 
Encrypted backup files ca n only be restored by Backup version 3.2.26 or  
later. To check the version you have, open Backup, and touch   > 
Settings > About.
Backing up data to a USB storage device
Connect the USB storage device to your  phone using a USB OTG cable. Make  
sure your phone can detect the USB storage device. 
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Touch  > Back up to external USB storage. 
3. Select or clear the Encrypt your backup check box. 
4. Touch New backup.